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Tamil Nadu Chief Minister and Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam (TVK) chief Vijay convened a consultative meeting with party ministers and legislators in Mahabalipuram to address governance, party discipline, and recent controversies.
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00:00Hello and welcome. Good evening. You're watching Super 6 here on India Today.
00:03I'm Akshita Nantikopal. Over the next one hour, we'll get you a breakdown of all the top stories of the
00:09day
00:09with our focus on the southern state.
00:11So what have we got lined up for you this evening on this edition of Super 6?
00:15Well, we'll begin with what's happening in Tamil Nadu.
00:18We spoke of the law and order situation. We've been covering it here on India Today for the last many
00:23days.
00:23Chief Minister Vijay has now stepped in, holding a meeting with TVK, MLAs and also ordering officials to be alert,
00:31ordering a review.
00:32But there are larger questions to be asked here. With a twin murder being reported in Chennai,
00:37the question will come up. Is there zero fear of law in Tamil Nadu now?
00:41What is the reason we're seeing this kind of spike in murders, in crime in Tamil Nadu?
00:48What can be done to address it?
00:50We'll talk about these incidents that have come to light in Chennai.
00:53And the overall crime rates in Tamil Nadu.
00:56But also on the show this evening at 6.15, we'll get you the political showdown in Karnataka over price
01:02hike.
01:03BJP hitting the streets against the DKS Sarkara over the price hikes that have happened in the last one week.
01:09I'm referring to dairy prices going up and also bus fares going up.
01:14The BJP staging a protest today. We'll get you some of those highlights.
01:17Those two big stories coming your way.
01:20But let me also remind you that in 24 hours from now, at India Today's Bharat Agriculture Conference,
01:28its first of its kind, a Farmers Roundtable.
01:31Prime Minister Modi will be delivering the plenary address.
01:35That's at 8pm tomorrow.
01:37Do join us on India Today, where the Prime Minister will be speaking his monkey bath with farmers.
01:49Okay, but let's begin with breaking news that's coming in on the top story of the day here on Super
01:546,
01:55which is the Tamil Nadu Law and Order SOS.
01:58TVK, MLA's ministers are all coming together for a huddle
02:02in what's being referred to as an emergency consultative meet,
02:06chaired by Chief Minister Vijay.
02:08This meeting happened to the outskirts of Chennai.
02:11And while on the agenda, there was key political and administrative developments,
02:15there were also questions being asked of whether Chief Minister Vijay will talk tough to the MLA.
02:21So, on issues with regards to law and order on the fact that some of their names have also been
02:26dragged into case,
02:26I'm referring to the Deputy Speaker, the prevailing situation in Kalakurji,
02:31where he's been accused, the Deputy Speaker, in fact, has been named in a case.
02:37Now, big question mark on whether the TVK will crack down against the Kalakurji MLA or not.
02:44But all those images are on your screens.
02:46The right of your screens is, in fact, from when Chief Minister Vijay arrived at the location of that meeting.
02:52Apoorwa Jai Chandran is joining us live from Mamalapuram.
02:54This is on the outskirts of Chennai, which is where that meeting with TVK MLAs have taken place.
02:59Apoorwa, good evening.
03:00Any details you've been able to pick up on what Chief Minister Vijay told the MLAs today?
03:08Well, in fact, Akshita, this meeting has been going on since the past one hour.
03:12It was scheduled to start around 3 p.m., but this meeting has just now taken place since 5 p
03:17.m. this evening.
03:19And, in fact, all the MLAs here have been called in, especially, you know, to the outskirts of Chennai,
03:24right here in Mahabalapuram, in this private hotel where this meeting is taking place.
03:29The sources do tell us that this meeting will talk about, importantly, the last six months,
03:34the six months of TVK governance since Tamaragavitchi Karagam has come into power.
03:39Not only that, the Chief Minister and the Tamaragavitchi Karagam's chief there, Joseph C. Vijay,
03:44will go ahead and will be discussing with the MLAs on, you know, the kind of discipline
03:50and, most importantly, the law and order in this state of Tamil Nadu.
03:54We have also seen, just recently, during Deepavali, as well, several allegations that have been coming up
03:58by the opposition, be it the DMK, the AADMK or even, you know, the other leaders as well,
04:04questioning why there were close to 11 murders that had taken place on the auspicious day of Deepavali as well.
04:10And not only that, the number of, you know, cases of crimes that have been increasing in Tamil Nadu
04:14over the last couple of days and that's one of the main topics that will be discussed,
04:20likely, in the agenda that is set for the TVK MLAs.
04:22Okay, so the meeting right now is underway, as Apoorwa tells us.
04:25I'll also bring in Pramod Madu for the latest updates.
04:28Pramod, you know, there's been a lot of questions about how the TVK is going to address the fact
04:32that some of their MLAs have also been accused in very, very serious crimes.
04:37There have been serious allegations against many of them.
04:39So, is the Chief Minister calling this meeting to talk tough to them,
04:43to send out a message to them that you cannot commit these crimes and think you can get away with
04:47it.
04:48So far, there's been no action.
04:50Apshita, one thing is very certain.
04:51Actually, it looks like the Chief Minister wants to show the MLAs who is in charge.
04:56And that seems to be the first and foremost agenda of this particular meeting over here
04:59because after the Assembly, the MLAs is the first time they are meeting.
05:01Yes, we've been told that he wants to wish them for Diwali and such,
05:04but the important aspect is very clear.
05:06They just have to look at his face and they will understand who is in charge.
05:09And that kind of statement is what has been given over.
05:11For us, I know it was told that he's going to talk to them privately, one after the other,
05:15and ask them, like, what are the things they think they should improve and such.
05:18But very clearly, the important message here is that TVK is in government.
05:21The Chief Minister is Vijay.
05:23He is the face of the party.
05:24And that is the message he wants to drive through.
05:27TVK very clearly says that, like, no matter what kind of allegations comes,
05:29everything will be discussed upon.
05:31But it looks like Congress is the one which is actually talking for TVK,
05:34where, you know, Manikam Tagore came forward and he started supporting,
05:37claiming that you cannot have a new MLA in a media trial and such.
05:39But the allegations are grave and the collector whose name has been taken,
05:43that person has not yet given any kind of clarity over that.
05:46It's only the MLA who has said that he did not behave in such manner.
05:50So definitely, opposition is still raising these issues.
05:52But the Minister, the Chief Minister wants to drive this point very clear.
05:55It is TVK's face.
05:56He is the face of TVK.
05:58And it looks like the message has been received well by the MLA's today, Akshita.
06:02Sure.
06:02You know, he is the face of TVK.
06:04But besides that, there will be questions also on what he is doing as the face of TVK.
06:09Apurva, I see also some movement behind you.
06:11Has the meeting come to an end?
06:16No, the meeting has not come to an end, Akshita.
06:18But in fact, we have seen since the last one hour as well, since the meeting had started,
06:23slowly MLA's have been trickling out of this venue as well.
06:27However, like Pramod had said, when we had questioned a couple of MLA's who had come out,
06:31interestingly enough, they gave an answer saying,
06:32this is nothing but a just general meeting.
06:34The Chief Minister and TVK's Chief Vijay going ahead and wishing us for the Pavali
06:39is what the MLA's have gone ahead and stated.
06:41Those who have been coming out, they are putting on a brave face for sure.
06:44You know, no matter whatever has been going on inside, you know, whatever instructions.
06:49No clarity jokes yet on what Chief Minister Vijay has communicated to these MLAs.
06:54We will keep tracking the latest.
06:55Thanks, Apurva and Pramod for those details.
06:58The reason there is so much focus on this particular meeting that is taking place in Chennai,
07:03is because Tamil Nadu has been witnessing this fresh wave of murders.
07:07It's put Chief Minister Vijay's government under mounting pressure over law and order.
07:12Even as the TVK government has said, we're working on it, we will ensure that this doesn't happen.
07:17Two murders have taken place in Chennai, the most brutal kind of crimes, really.
07:22Vijay has also met with MLAs, as we told you, to discuss law and order.
07:27But will the government act decisively to curb rising crime,
07:30act against their own who face allegations?
07:42Days after Diwali, when over 10 murders took place in Tamil Nadu,
07:47the crime graph is still rising.
07:51In the latest incidents, two people were killed in Chennai.
07:56One victim was brutally murdered in broad daylight,
07:59while another was found with his head smashed and his brain scattered at the scene.
08:05In another daylight murder, a man was hacked to death in Abiraman Puram.
08:11Six months into the TVK, government's tenure, concerns over law and order are mounting.
08:18Sources tell India today that the centre has fought an assessment from Governor RV R. Lekar
08:23on the law and order in the state.
08:26The governor is meeting the Vice President, C.P. Radhakrishnan, in Tuttukuri.
08:31The TVK is under pressure, with Alaya Congress too slamming the Vijay government over the law and order.
08:59Even as the crimes mount in the state,
09:02two TVK MLAs are also facing allegations of assaulting and harassing citizens.
09:08The DMK has accused the TVK government of backing errant MLAs.
09:34The TVK, meanwhile, has maintained that the police will not be biased in their investigations.
10:05Six months into the government's tenure, concerns over law and order persist.
10:09How long will Chief Minister Vijay take to crack the whip on crime?
10:15Bureau Report, India Today.
10:41See, the law and order situation in Tamil Nadu, as you may see, from the cumulative statistical
10:47perspective, generally, Akshita, I don't compare crimes from period to period, but the situation
10:53today compels me to do that, because opposition is pulling to that level.
10:57So, accordingly, if you see statistically, the law and order situation compared to the DMK government
11:03is very much under control.
11:04So, I can provide day by day, month on month, and I can show what kind of crimes have got
11:09reduced.
11:10Only because the DMK has a system of amplifying.
11:13Today, this has been amplified to an extent where, as though, they are trying to bring in
11:18a narrative that only during the TVK government, this is happening.
11:21I am not giving excuse.
11:23At the same time, we are also ensuring that the officers who are non-performing or who are
11:29responsible for this, we are transferring and posting them as well.
11:32At the end of the day, macro-level governance vision we have set.
11:36At the micro-level, officers should take up that as a responsibility and work on it.
11:41And while we do this, there is a challenge that the TVK government is facing.
11:45There are two challenges.
11:46One, all these officers are still loyal to the DMK.
11:50I will give a classic case where sometimes when the citizen goes now, as the officers cannot
11:56even ask bribe because in our government, we have set a tone, it is a zero corruption.
12:01Unlike the DMK government, officers, they do not do their duty.
12:06They do not perform their duty.
12:08So, on one side, we have reduced the corruption.
12:11On one side, we have ensured that there is a zero corruption in many of the departments.
12:14Accordingly, officers are not performing.
12:15Now, I am not blaming the officer.
12:17All that we are trying to do is, we are bringing probabilities to see to that, who are honest
12:22officers who can be placed in different levels of the governance.
12:25This is the real challenge of the TVK government.
12:28Sir, but is any of this new, Mr. Satya Kumar, is any of this new, sir?
12:33Six months ago, when you came to power, you knew that these were the challenges, that you
12:37are a relatively new political party and so you will face all of this.
12:40Despite that, you knew that the primary challenge is law and order.
12:43What promises were made six months ago that we will transform the situation?
12:47That law and order is terrible currently?
12:48It will not be the case going forward.
12:50Nothing has changed.
12:53You are right, Akshita.
12:55The point here is, the law and order situation is just not the one thing.
12:58With respect to officers who are in power, with respect to officers, there are steel frames.
13:03After TVK government came to power, we keep changing and transferring the officers.
13:08Take the example of the jail breakout that happened.
13:11It is not that we have ordered it.
13:13On the day when Anbil Mayesh is getting arrested, you see that the officers in the prison are
13:20not taking accountability for the breakout that's happening.
13:24They should take the accountability.
13:25Immediately, we transferred them.
13:27And the performance of officers, you know very well in the previous government also how
13:31they were.
13:32At least in the previous government, they are loyal to the DMK.
13:35And still they are loyal to the DMK even now after we came to power.
13:38Sir, but who did you pull up previously?
13:39You didn't pull up bureaucrats previously, you pulled up the DMK.
13:43No, no.
13:44The bureaucrats are still loyal to the DMK.
13:47Still loyal.
13:48Sir, you are in power.
13:50They are groomed by the DMK.
13:52They were assured of the promotions during the DMK time because of the...
13:55They were hand in blow in corruption with the DMK.
13:57So now, we are setting a new benchmark in the governance where we are seeing that no corruption.
14:03Accordingly, what's happening is the officers are not performing.
14:05At the same time, there are issues that the officers also create.
14:09Harish Mohamed Ibrahim, your opening statement.
14:12You have heard what the TVK says.
14:13They are saying that these bureaucrats don't work because they are loyal to the DMK.
14:17Such a bizarre statement.
14:19First of all, I want to plead each and every government officers in Tamil Nadu, including the IA's
14:28Officers Association, including the IPS Officers Association, including all the government officers, almost 14 lakh officers in Tamil Nadu, to
14:39go ahead and look what Mr. Satya Kumar, who is the TVK spokesperson, for the last six months is accusing
14:48of each and every government subordinate who is working for the state,
14:52that you are a part of DMK's fair role and you are sincere to the DMK and you are sabotaging
14:59the TVK's reputation for the last six months.
15:02And I would sincerely, once again, request all the IPS Officers Association, IA's Officers Association and each and every government
15:11employees to take this accord because this is not coming from any so-called persons X or Y.
15:17It is coming officially from the TVK spokesperson.
15:21So these kind of remarks, putting down all the officers on board, such a bizarre remark.
15:29I should first condemn this because the TVK government, for all its incompetence, all its negligence, all its irregularities, putting
15:38not only the blame to the DMK,
15:40now they have started putting the blame to all the officers who are working tirelessly, 24 by 7.
15:46For each and every of their irregularities, they put the men on cocky, the men on uniforms, under peril for
15:54their incompetence.
15:55Such a bizarre incompetence level to the highest level, whether all the officers going hand in glove with DMK to
16:04sabotage your food inflation,
16:05to bring your industry development, to make all the industries to go from one place to another, to Andhra in
16:11particular,
16:12whether all the officers are in hand in glove with the DMK and making all the jailed prisoners to escape.
16:19What kind of rubbish argument is this?
16:21Such a bizarre argument.
16:23You know, Mr. Satya Kumar, you should be ashamed to run this government.
16:31You should be ashamed to run this government.
16:32That you are passing the buck, Mr. Satya Kumar.
16:34That will be the message.
16:36I again make the statement.
16:38There are DMK officers within the bureaucracy.
16:42No, who are they?
16:43Mr. Satya Kumar, you have to name them now.
16:45Identify them.
16:46Name and shame them.
16:47That's what, that's what.
16:47To identify, there is no system, Akshita.
16:50We can only identify them by their performance, by their negligence, by the way they act.
16:56He was mentioning about the associations.
16:58Why should associations go on strike?
17:00When the people, they work for, they, let me, let me complete.
17:04I didn't interrupt.
17:05Allow me to complete.
17:07Don't show your DMK ways in the television.
17:09Let me complete.
17:10Stay.
17:10Stay.
17:12Akshita, can I complete?
17:13I never interrupted.
17:14Okay, go ahead.
17:15Go ahead.
17:18He is saying, let the officers association go for a strike.
17:22Let the association come together.
17:25This is what I said.
17:27Who is leading this association?
17:29Who are these officers who are not performing?
17:31Who were these officers who were corrupt?
17:33I am saying, those officers who are corrupt are DMK officers.
17:38Your CM is incompetent.
17:38Those officers who are not performing are DMK officers.
17:47I am not saying every officer.
17:50I am not saying every officer.
17:52Have some shame, Mr. Satya Kumar.
17:55Can I complete?
17:56Every government officer.
17:57Akshita, I think he is interrupting.
17:59I never interrupted when he spoke.
18:00Your CM is incompetent.
18:01Your ministers are incompetent.
18:03Your minister is saying an Akshita message.
18:05Mr. Satya Kumar.
18:06Your minister is saying an Akshita message.
18:08I think the point that Harish is making here is that you tend to then, you then tend to
18:13paid everyone from, in fact, of the bureaucrats in Tabernando with the same brush.
18:18You are not naming them.
18:19You are saying some are incompetent.
18:21How do you identify who is?
18:22Because then that becomes, you know, a fast spread allegation.
18:25Akshita, can I come in one second?
18:27Akshita, I get an uninterrupted time, Akshita.
18:28If he interrupts, I cannot express my view.
18:30No, no, you have made your rubbish argument in your first statement.
18:34You don't need...
18:34Mister, mister, you can't say rubbish.
18:37On and on.
18:37You can't say rubbish.
18:38Go and tell Mr. Shikha Scholar.
18:40You are accusing 14 lakh government employees of Tamil Nadu.
18:43Go and tell Mr. Shikha Scholar.
18:44I will stand for the government employees of Tamil Nadu.
18:45I will stand for the government employees of Tamil Nadu.
18:47You are accusing 14 lakh government employees.
18:50You are...
18:51CM is incompetent.
18:52Your ministers are incompetent.
18:53Whether the MLA has been asked by a DMK to go in and send obscene messages to the collector.
18:58Fair question.
18:59What kind of rubbish argument is this?
19:00Mr. Satya Kumar, do you want to answer that question?
19:04Again, let me repeat.
19:05I am mentioning only about those officers who are non-performing, who are negligent.
19:10So the challenge is you are not naming.
19:12You are saying handful, handful.
19:13We don't know the number.
19:15We don't know who that is.
19:15MKS Stalin's agent on television, he is trying to mislead.
19:19That's not my view.
19:21Let me complete my view.
19:22Whatever he says is not my view.
19:24I am trying to express my view saying those officers who are corrupt, those officers who
19:29are negligent, those officers who are not performing, they are getting salary from the
19:34people's money.
19:35And I am mentioning about those officers and not the entire association.
19:38They are honest officers.
19:40Okay, okay.
19:41Then let us know.
19:43Shame on DMK.
19:44Shame on DMK.
19:46Who is the DMK person?
19:48Who is the DMK person?
19:49You want to be ashamed, Mr. Satya Kumar.
19:52You should be ashamed to accuse each and every government adjoin.
19:56You should be ashamed.
19:57Shame on DMK.
19:59Hold on.
20:00Hold on.
20:01The DMK can be ashamed.
20:02Let's take a breather.
20:03Let's take a breather all the time.
20:05Let's take a breather, Mr. Satya Kumar.
20:07Okay, okay, okay.
20:08Time to move these guests.
20:09What happened to me when it's this?
20:12Mr. Satya Kumar.
20:12Time out, time out.
20:13One second.
20:13Sir, let's now take this issue by issue.
20:16Harish.
20:16It is those officers who are corrupt.
20:18It is those officers who are negligent.
20:20First of all, you are caught red-handed.
20:21Who groomed these officers?
20:22Okay, okay, Harish.
20:2314 lakh government employees.
20:25You are caught red-handed.
20:26Your incompetent CM, your incompetent minister, your incompetent MLA is caught red-handed.
20:53Whether any DMK person asked your MLA to go and send a message.
20:54And the allegations of the collector.
20:56Whether any of your DMK person asked your deputy speaker to go and trash a petition.
21:01What kind of nonsense you are speaking on a national television?
21:04Okay, let Mr Satya Kumar respond now to the question you've asked, Harish.
21:09Harish.
21:09You've asked a question.
21:10Let him answer.
21:11Go ahead, sir.
21:13Akshita, the matter whatever may be, as speculated, as said in the Twitter platforms, as been said,
21:22the MLA has given a clarification.
21:24Let the due process of law start.
21:26Let the due process of law start, if it is true.
21:29And by the way, the entire party, the vote that we got is only for the single face of
21:35Honorable Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu, Talabadi Vijay.
21:38Accordingly, nobody can be an exception to law.
21:41That's the answer.
21:42What more do you expect me to answer?
21:45Okay.
21:45Harish, do you want to respond?
21:47That there is no complaint?
21:48If there is a complaint, there will be a reaction.
21:50He is trying to abuse.
21:51He is trying to abuse.
21:53He can't use this language called Rappesh.
21:56Rappesh is not an unparliament word.
21:57You are a learned advocate.
21:59Did I use those kind of words?
22:01Mr Satya Kumar, are you a learned advocate?
22:03Are you a learned advocate?
22:05Show me where Rappesh is an unparliament word.
22:09Are you a learned advocate first of all?
22:15You did man.
22:16You did man.
22:18You did.
22:18I am calling you Rappesh again and again.
22:20Why should you call?
22:22Why should you call?
22:23Why should you call?
22:23You speak nonsense about the government employees.
22:28Why should you call?
22:30Why should you call?
22:31Why should you call?
22:44One second, Achita, can I complete?
22:48Okay, Mr. Satyakumar, just hold on.
22:50Mr. Satyakumar, just hold on.
22:51Let Harish finish his point now.
22:52See, see, Achita, Achita, I'm not denying that.
22:56The entire mandate of 108 seats, 108 seats being...
23:02Hello, Mr. Thank you, thank you.
23:04Thank you, sir.
23:05You teach me, you teach me after this show, after this show, you teach me what are the manners.
23:09And until you speak rubbish, I will come and revert.
23:14Okay, Chetra, let's tone this down a notch.
23:17Let's tone this down a notch.
23:18Yeah, yeah, I will come and revert all your nonsense.
23:20One second, first of all, Achita, I'm pretty much sure that 108 seats, gone for Mr. Vijay's face.
23:27There is no denial at all.
23:29But that doesn't give an entitlement.
23:31That doesn't give each and every MLA's or ministers to take their law in their own hands.
23:36Be it to all the civilians who are going and asking for their due rights, going and sending obscene message
23:42to their collectors.
23:43District collectors, they are this district magistrate.
23:47And how come there is a district, district DIG.
23:50DIG have penned down on official notes stating that, yes, of course, there have been an inappropriate message that have
23:58gone to the district collector.
23:59The DIG of the Willipurum district is on record.
24:02How can you deny that?
24:03Whether any DMK person go ahead and make sure or not, the Kallakur JMLI go ahead and send obscene message
24:08to the Willipurum collector.
24:10Who said that?
24:11No.
24:12Please make sure.
24:13We are not denying that.
24:15The new government have taken its own share of time.
24:17And each and every district administration, each and every state administration, law and order starts at the zeroth minute when
24:24they take oath.
24:25But now, when we asked Mr. Raj Mohan, how about the murders on a single day, he's explaining so and
24:34so, last two governments.
24:36You have said that you will be bringing the change.
24:39Whereas the change is what we are expecting.
24:41If you are going to do the same thing which the previous governments are doing, then what is the use
24:47of you coming to the power, first of all?
24:49So you have manipulated each and every, not only the kids, not only the women, not only the bureaucrats.
24:56You have fooled each and every citizen of the state.
24:58You spoke of crime rates, Mr. Satya Kumara, earlier versus now.
25:03That's the challenge.
25:04Look, the DMK was voted out of power.
25:06One of the primary reasons was law and order.
25:08And the fear is that nothing's changed right now under the TVK either.
25:11When there are allegations against your own, there's no action being taken.
25:16See, that's what, Akshita, we are taking the action by ensuring that we are transferring the officers.
25:22We are posting different officers.
25:25We are taking probable steps.
25:26We really want to identify who is an effective officer.
25:29So within the TVK, when there are allegations against an MLA, against a leader, why isn't immediate action taken saying
25:36pending inquiry, there will be action, this person will be out of the party?
25:41Akshita, it requires investigation.
25:43Opposition will keep leveling allegation by allegation on every MLA.
25:50We have to really investigate.
25:52We really have to investigate.
25:53It is the opposition strategy as well.
25:56It could be an opposition strategy as well.
25:58We really need to examine.
26:00I'm not talking about this case or any case for that matter.
26:03Overall strategy could be, overall narrative could be the opposition may raise this issue.
26:08They are in politics.
26:09Sir, the opposition will target our MLA's.
26:11The opposition is holding on to bureaucrats.
26:14It comes across.
26:15Certainly, Akshita, certainly, because they are doing politics for the past 70 years.
26:22We are a two-year-old party, came to power.
26:24We are stabilizing the power.
26:25We are ensuring that the governance completely becomes effective.
26:29Our intentions are good.
26:31Of course, when the allegations are leveled, we are also investigating.
26:34We respect dissent opinion.
26:36Unlike agents of MK Starling coming and sitting here, not allowing the opponents to speak.
26:41We respect the dissent opinion.
26:42Final comments, Harish.
26:43Final comment.
26:44We respect the dissent opinions.
26:46Yes, I am the agent 007 of Mr. NK Starling.
26:50Thank you for your enlightenment, Mr. Satya Kumar, who is the chink-tongue of TVK.
26:55Okay, let me come to the point now.
26:57If they shouldn't transfer the offices from one place to another,
27:02they should book each and every TVK members, ministers, and MLA's.
27:06Put them under one spot.
27:08The entire crime scene would be eradicated in Tamil Nadu.
27:10Because each and every district's TVK members have been given falsehood statements
27:16to their own TVK members, women members.
27:19In Srivai Dundam, there is one MLA called Mr. Sharamanin.
27:22In Vaniyambani, Vailu, there is one party functionary who has been accused of molestation.
27:28So each and every drug case, methamphetamine case of 137 kilograms,
27:34which has been done by the DRA, which has been executed by the DRA's officials directed
27:39toward the TVK's functionaries.
27:41Each and every offences in Tamil Nadu for the last six months,
27:45if you take 80 to 90% have been done by the TVK members,
27:50either by the TVK members or the TVK MLA's or the TVK ministers.
27:54So if that is one of them who should be accumulated for all these kinds of crimes,
27:59only the TVK functionaries.
28:00I know there is intent for Mr. Vijay, there can be an intent to be on good manners
28:06to get and reform the entire state.
28:08I welcome that.
28:09But that doesn't give an enlightenment, that doesn't give an entitlement
28:13for all these incorrigible behaviour of the so-called functionaries of the TVKs
28:18who are rogues, not only on the road, not only off the road,
28:21even on the television channels, they behave as a rogues.
28:25The challenge is Mr. Satya Kumar and Mr. Harish has also conceded that yes,
28:29there's intent. When it comes to action, we're not seeing that on the ground.
28:32So my final question to you, sir, is what is your assurance
28:35to the people of Tamil Nadu who today are wondering what's happening in the state
28:39and whether there's been a complete breakdown of law or not
28:43or whether the government simply has no control?
28:45The situation is very much under control, Akchita.
28:48The Honourable Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu, Talabadi Vijay,
28:51met the DGP as well as the IG intelligence
28:53and took the updates as usual, but in a more intense discussion that he had today.
28:59And of course, I'm not in the governance, I'm outside the governance,
29:03I'm a party spokesperson.
29:04So what I knew from the public records, I'm trying to project it here.
29:08Second important thing, the intensity of bringing the law and order situation
29:13under control is being implemented by the Chief Minister himself.
29:18That much I can assure you.
29:19That much I can assure you, being a party which is close to the power.
29:22So, accordingly, in the coming days, the law and order situation
29:27will be completely under control because the police has been instructed
29:31and in fact, many arrests also have been made across the city
29:35and that report is also coming up from yesterday.
29:38We have also released an official statement on it
29:40and notorious criminals' records are also being brought out in the public records
29:45and they'll also be defined.
29:46All these steps are taken.
29:48Our intent is to bring an effective governance model
29:52and we are doing it since the first day.
29:55And why it's happening, we know well.
29:57We know well because officers really have to catch up with the present government.
30:02Irrespective, I think Mr. Satya Kumar, the honours will be on the government.
30:06Irrespective of who you want to pin the blame on,
30:07the honours will still be on the government to crack down
30:10on whichever element it is and to clean it up
30:12because that's what governance, that's what administration is about.
30:15And so those questions will be faced by the ruling party,
30:20by whoever's in government, in power.
30:23Bureaucrats or not, that's a TVK government problem to handle.
30:26The people will hold the government accountable.
30:29You are right, Achita.
30:31The steps are taken.
30:32That's the reason to find out effective officers and placing them in the...
30:35Let's see, let's see, sir.
30:36Then a month, two from now, let's see if there's any change on ground.
30:40Mr. Satya Kumar, Mr. Harish, thank you for your time,
30:42for joining us here on India Today.
30:44It'll be interesting to see whether anything changes.
30:47But for now, unfortunately, the crime rate as it was in Tamil Nadu
30:51months ago before an election, under the DMK,
30:54it's pretty much the same situation now under the TVK too.
30:57Let's cut across to breaking news coming in.
31:06EPS has now questioned Chief Minister Vijay's silence over Mekhi Datu.
31:11Remember that Karnataka Chief Minister D.K. Shivkumar
31:14had hit out at Chief Minister Vijay on the issue of Mekhi Datu
31:18and the fact that Chief Minister Vijay had written to Prime Minister Modi.
31:21The Karnataka Chief Minister has said there's no question of needing permission
31:25to build a dam at Mekhi Datu.
31:27And EPS now has said why is Chief Minister Vijay silent on D.K. Shivkumar's comment.
31:33And he is saying that there must be a strong statement
31:36that the Tamil Nadu Chief Minister sends across to Karnataka.
31:53The Karnataka Chief Minister D.K. Shivkumar's comment.
31:57And that's a big question.
32:00I hope that the Karnada and the Karnada are coming to the top of the Karnada.